ISO 3166-2:GQ is the entry for Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea where the capital Malabo is situated.Annobón is the southernmost island of Equatorial Guinea and is situated just south of the equator. Bioko island is the northernmost point of Equatorial Guinea. Between the two islands and to the...

 in ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1...

, part of the ISO 3166

ISO 3166

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 standard

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s for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., province

Province

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s or states) of all countries

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 coded in ISO 3166-1

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Currently for Equatorial Guinea, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for two levels of subdivisions:

• 2 regions (i.e., the Continental Region and the Insular Region)
• 7 provinces
  Provinces of Equatorial Guinea
  ||Equatorial Guinea is divided into 2 regions and seven provinces :-Regions:#Insular Region #Continental Region -Provinces:Provinces 1–3 in Insular Region; Provinces 4–7 in Continental Region....
  
  

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is GQ, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

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 code of Equatorial Guinea. The second part is either of the following:

• one letter: regions
• two letters: provinces

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

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Regions

Code	Subdivision name
GQ-C	Región Continental
GQ-I	Región Insular

Provinces

Code	Subdivision name	In region
GQ-AN	Annobón Annobón Province Annobón , also known as Pagalu or Pigalu, is an island of Equatorial Guinea. It is located in the South Atlantic Ocean at , about 220 miles west of Gabon and south west of São Tomé Island...	I
GQ-BN	Bioko Norte Bioko Norte Province Bioko Norte Province is the most populated province of Equatorial Guinea. Its capital is Malabo. It occupies the northern part of the island of Bioko, the remainder of which comprises Bioko Sur Province....	I
GQ-BS	Bioko Sur Bioko Sur Province Bioko Sur Province is a province of Equatorial Guinea. Its capital is Luba. It occupies the southern part of the island of Bioko, the remnant of which comprises Bioko Norte Province....	I
GQ-CS	Centro Sur Centro Sur Province Centro Sur Province is a province of Equatorial Guinea. Its capital is Evinayong.Centro Sur borders Gabon's Estuaire Province in the southwest and Woleu-Ntem Province in the southeast, and Cameroon's South Province in the north...	C
GQ-KN	Kie-Ntem Kié-Ntem Province Kié-Ntem Province is a province of Equatorial Guinea. Its capital is Ebebiyín.Kié-Ntem Province has the following borders:*South Province, Cameroon - north*Woleu-Ntem Province, Gabon - east*Wele-Nzas Province, Equatorial Guinea - south...	C
GQ-LI	Litoral Litoral Province (Equatorial Guinea) Litoral Province is a province of Equatorial Guinea. Its capital is Bata the other two cities are Mbini and Kogo. The Littoral Province has the largest population of Equatorial Guinea....	C
GQ-WN	Wele-Nzás Wele-Nzas Province Wele-Nzas Province is a province of Equatorial Guinea. Its capital is Mongomo.It borders Centro Sur Province to the west, Kié-Ntem Province to the north, and Woleu-Ntem Province of Gabon to the east and south....	C

See also

• Subdivisions of Equatorial Guinea
  Subdivisions of Equatorial Guinea
  Equatorial Guinea is divided into seven provinces :# Annobón Province # Bioko Norte Province # Bioko Sur Province # Centro Sur Province # Kié-Ntem Province...
  
  
• FIPS region codes of Equatorial Guinea

External links

• Provinces of Equatorial Guinea, Statoids.com